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interrogate

v.
C1 Advanced US //ˌɪnˈtɛɹəˌɡeɪt// UK //ɪntˈɛɹəɡˌeɪt// in·ter·ro·gate Literary

v. to ask someone many questions to get information. In computing, it means to ask a system or a program for details about its current state.

v. to question someone closely or formally to obtain information. In a technical context, it refers to the act of querying a system or database to retrieve specific data or status details.


SIMPLE

The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.

CONTEXTUAL

The developer used a debugging tool to interrogate the server's memory to find the source of the error.

COMPLEX

By interrogating the system's logs, the security team was able to trace the unauthorized access back to a single compromised account within the network.

Synonyms
Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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